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Photo: Austin Fuller While my Sinquefield Cup preview from earlier this year describes the achievements and chances of many of the London Classic...… Read More »
Ju Wenjun won the final leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix, earning enough GP points to become the 2017 Women's World Championship Challenger.Read… Read More »
Akshat Chandra, Photo STL Chess Club Congrats to 17-year-old Akshat Chandra of Quest to GM, who recently earned his final GM norm at the Autumn...… Read More »
GM Timur Gareyev, Photo Lennart Ootes That point had been reached. The point where a chessplayer is so tired that he can't think clearly and just...… Read More »
9-year-old Christopher Yoo made US Chess history at the 9th David Elliott Memorial on November 19th, when he broke the 2200 barrier, 30 days shy of… Read More »
This weekend I am set to face 47 players blindfolded simultaneously while exercising on a spin bike. Aside from the intellectual magnanimity of the… Read More »
Photo Max Avdeev In November 30th, in New York City, Magnus Carlsen turned 26 and successfully defended his World Championship title against… Read More »
Carlsen and Karjakin, Photo Max Avdeev After a short round on Monday, World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Sergei Karjakin head to a dramatic rapid...… Read More »
The first time Nikhil Kumar played in the National Congress a couple of years ago at age 10, his performance in the Under 2000 section was...Read… Read More »
Photo Maria Yassakova (AGON) After a dramatic round 10 in Carlsen-Karjakin, players and the fans were given a well deserved free day to contemplate… Read More »

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